Deputy Chief Of Party/ Program Lead

Work Location: Mali – Bamako
Other Possible Locations: Mopti and rural Mali
Expected Travel:up to 30%
Language Requirement: French and English (fluency in both required)
Employee Duration: Active Full-Time
Type of Post: Accompanied – Family
Funding: THIS POSITION IS PENDING DONOR APPROVAL
Application Deadline: 06 April 2015
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Description
CARE seeks a Deputy Chief of Party(DCOP)/Program Lead for an anticipated five-year, $45-million assistance agreement (Development Food Assistance Program or ‘DFAP’). USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (FFP) will award one agreement, with the goal of increasing food, nutrition, and income security, and building the resilience of vulnerable populations in the Mopti area of Mali. This Mopti Community Resilience Project (Mopti CRP) is intended to support and
contribute to the achievement of USAID/Mali’s emerging Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS), and particularly its objective of building resilience by increasing the adaptive capacities of vulnerable communities and households.
The DCOP will work closely with the Chief of Party and Country Director to guarantee quality, efficiency, integrity, and learningthroughout project duration.
S/he will provide strategic oversight and technical guidance to, and resolve bottlenecks in implementation of, cross-sectoral activities reflective of the program’s theory of change, logical framework, monitoring and evaluation, and relevant workplans.
Among the DCOP’s role in ensuring program qualityare overseeing periodic technical reviews; continually adapting program methods while monitoring the status of goal achievement; convening high-level stakeholders to discuss consortium progress; integrating diverse ideas into actionable tasks and activities aligned with program targets; managing the documentation and dissemination of technical knowledge to communities, local and international partners, and the donor; and promoting excellence and innovation at all levels within the project team. All technical interventions the DCOP manages should lead the team to address country-specific causes of food insecurity and its attendant issues (health, nutrition, and wash; basic literacy, numeracy, and vocational skills;
livelihoods; climate change; and inclusive governance and conflict management). The DCOP should offer expertise in at least two of these areas.
In addition to promoting quality, the DCOP will encourage efficiencyin program delivery. This involves continually monitoring program tasks and activities against budgeted goals; clearly-delineating and maintaining the chain of command; minimizing duplication of personnel activities; and defining and using standard operating procedures.
Critical to program success is the DCOP’s upholding and promotion of integrity. This involves guaranteeing that core program functions are carried out in ethical and compliant ways.
The DCOP is also expected to promote learningand innovation. This includes adapting tools and systems; promoting data-driven, evidence-based actions;
expanding successful activities’ breadth and depth; building capacity to work in new ways; and communicating best practices to relevant parties.
Primary responsibilities
– Guaranteeing quality, efficiency, integrity, and learning throughout project duration;
– Providing strategic oversight of program tasks and activities, including participating in budget discussions;
– Overseeing the development of tools and approaches;
– Convening relevant stakeholders to share ideas at meetings;
– Mentoring and supervising direct report/s;
– Organizing and monitoring staff training programs;
– Developing and implementing systems that address food insecurity and other pertinent sectoral issues;
– Conducting periodic monitoring visits to observe field activities;
– Solving technical problems; and
– Participating on the program’s Senior Management Team.
Minimum qualifications
– Master’s degree in International Development, Agriculture/Agronomy, Public Health, Nutrition, Water-and-Sanitation Engineering, Economics, and/or related field;
– 10 years’ recent and progressively-challenging experience working in food security;
– Prior management of significant USAID funding required, including previous Title II management;
– Proven understanding of Feed the Future priority areas, including food access, quality, and uptake; underlying causes of food insecurity (gender discrimination, income inequality, poverty); and ways to boost agricultural production;
– Strategic vision and capacity to oversee a vast and complex program required;
– Experience with participatory methods and partnerships required;
– Significant experience in Mali and/or the Sahel preferred; and
– Fluency in written and spoken French and English.
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CARE does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or any other such fees).
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